[Y2Kev]

Mod abuse: Editing OP to actually put news in since kev went to sleep.

New games:

Pole's Big Adventure (Sega) - WiiWare - 3rd Feb 2009
- Famicom style 2D action platformer
- Filled with in-jokes and gags which you have to discover in the stages
- Comedy action game

Crystal Defenders R1 (Square Enix) - WiiWare - 27th Jan 2009 - 1000 WiiPoints
- Port of the FF themed tower defense game on cellphones and iPod
- PSN and XBLA versions will be coming later

Yuusha30/Hero30 (MMV) - PSP
- RPG themed minigame adventure with 4 different types of games
- Hero30 is a side scrolling dungeon action mode
- Princess30 is a top down shooter/defense mode
- Knight30 is a top down action mode where you avoid traps
- Archmage30 is a top down RTS mode where you summon monsters
- Each stage gives you 30 seconds to clear it, hence the title
- Characters level up from killing monsters in each stage
- You aim to defeat the Archmage in each stage in the other modes



Preview Updates:

SaGa 2 DS remake - 70% complete, more pics and stuff, interview with Tanaka and Kawazu.

Star Ocean 4 - New character revealed, field skills return, pickpocketing is in, riding the shitty bunny is in, etc

FFXIII - The same shit that was in Jump, but with more pics.



Reviews:

Atlier Annie (DS): 7/7/7/7
Civilization Revolution (DS): 6/8/7/7
FFCC (DS): 8/7/7/8
Flash Action (DS): 8/8/7/7
World Soccer WE (PSP): 8/8/7/8
Soul Eater (PSP): 7/6/7/6
TotW: Radiant Mythology 2 (PSP): 8/8/8/8
FFCC (Wii): 8/7/7/7
Tomb Raider (PS3, 360): 8/8/8/8
Soul Eater (PS2): 6/5/6/5
Ninja Blade (360): 8/8/8/8
End War (360): 8/9/8/9


Note: ToV on PS3 is FAKE. I repeat, FAKE. The scans were faked, the photos were faked. Not real!

[Himuro]

Day one.

[duckroll]

And so the prophecy has come to pass! All that the duckroll has spoken of since the dawn of the first announcement is now a part of history!

[Troidal]

Onto PS3! Tales of Vesperia is coming to PS3 with new content. It will have new animation movies, new events, and new dungeons. There is no release date listed. More to come as Team Japanese News Thread uncovers it.

So is this Tales of Vesperia 2? :lol

I'm still waiting for Ace Combat 6, er...7 for PS3.

[Dead]

Ahahaha, yes finally!

[Akai]

Meh, don't want to buy, but I will anyway... =\

[Hcoregamer00]

Onto PS3! Tales of Vesperia is coming to PS3 with new content. It will have new animation movies, new events, and new dungeons. There is no release date listed. More to come as Team Japanese News Thread uncovers it.

FUCK YEAH, the game is awesome on the X360 and it will be awesome on the PS3.

It gives me an excuse to play it again once I beat it on the 360.

And so the prophecy has come to pass! All that the duckroll has spoken of since the dawn of the first announcement is now a part of history!

Tales of Hearts USA release, make it happen Duckroll.

:P

[BlazingDarkness]

YES

[john tv]

Droooooooooooool

I'll do it all over again. That game was awesome.

[Snaku]

YES WE CAN!



....play Vesperia on PS3.

[duckroll]

So is this Tales of Vesperia 2? :lol I'm still waiting for Ace Combat 6, er...7 for PS3.

No, it's an "enhanced" port, like ToS PS2, Trusty Bell PS3, etc. It means there'll be new content that wasn't in the original because it's coming out much later than the original. Hopefully it runs as well, so I can double dip without feeling ripped off!

[Defuser]

I hope it's not a gimp port.

[grandjedi6]

Awesome. Now I assume this means the trade will work both ways and Valkyria Chronicles will appear on the 360, right?.... right!?........ :(

[bryehn]

I haven't started the 360 version yet, so I'll probably send it out over Goozex while it's still worth 50 bucks and wait on the PS3 version. Plus I'll get one out of the backlog...

[Rpgmonkey]

Freaking called it.

...Along with a lot of Gaf, but whatever. :lol

[Hcoregamer00]

No, it's an "enhanced" port, like ToS PS2, Trusty Bell PS3, etc. It means there'll be new content that wasn't in the original because it's coming out much later than the original. Hopefully it runs as well, so I can double dip without feeling ripped off!

Bingo, hopefully it is worth it.

Awesome. Now I assume this means the trade will work both ways and Valkyria Chronicles will appear on the 360, right?.... right!?........ :(

Never say never, the game did sell poorly on the PS3 after all.

[PC Gaijin]

I loved this game on the 360; it's the most complete JRPG on the system. If there's enough new content I might double-dip. All PS3 games coming out now need to support trophies, correct?

[batbeg]

FUCK. YES. Will probably be able to import in English before its out in PAL land on 360 :/

[matmanx1]

Woohoo! Just about finished this one up on the 360 and anyone who's familiar with my post history will tell you that I'm a big fan of the game. Hopefully it wont take too long to come out!

[duckroll]

Awesome. Now I assume this means the trade will work both ways and Valkyria Chronicles will appear on the 360, right?.... right!?........ :(

It's entirely possible, but Sega hasn't shown much intention of publishing more stuff on the 360 so far, so I wouldn't hope for too much.

[Jonnyram]

No, it's an "enhanced" port, like ToS PS2, Trusty Bell PS3, etc. It means there'll be new content that wasn't in the original because it's coming out much later than the original. Hopefully it runs as well, so I can double dip without feeling ripped off!

Is there really any excuse for that, though? They could provide the added content to the 360 version via DLC, if they desired. I assumed there would be dungeon DLC for those areas that don't serve any purpose in the game, towards the end, but they'll probably avoid that now.

Still, hope it has some success. It's a great game and the first Tales game I've truly enjoyed.

[Regulus Tera]

And so the prophecy has come to pass! All that the duckroll has spoken of since the dawn of the first announcement is now a part of history!

Amen.

[Xisiqomelir]

Yay, I get to play ToV!

[Defuser]

Awesome. Now I assume this means the trade will work both ways and Valkyria Chronicles will appear on the 360, right?.... right!?........ :(

Get a ps3 :P
Blame Sega for scraping the 360 version in the first place.

[grandjedi6]

FUCK. YES. Will probably be able to import in English before its out in PAL land on 360 :/

Actually, what are the chances of Vesperia PS3 making it out of Japan at all? Pretty slim I would guess :(

[Hcoregamer00]

Get a ps3 :P Blame Sega for scraping the 360 version in the first place.

When did this "Valkyria was originally for 360" mumbo jumbo start?

Actually, what are the chances of Vesperia PS3 making it out of Japan at all? Pretty slim I would guess :(

If trusty bell did, then the far superior Vesperia will likely make it.

[Firestorm]

There. Happy EU/AU?
Should I double dip?

Edit: come to think of it, maybe it'll pull a Symphonia and not get localized =/

[Barakov]

Hopefully, it fairs better as a port than Symphonia did. I was about to pick this up on 360. Glad I waited.

[BlazingDarkness]

Actually, what are the chances of Vesperia PS3 making it out of Japan at all? Pretty slim I would guess :(

why?
of course it'll be released in the west

[Snaku]

Awesome. Now I assume this means the trade will work both ways and Valkyria Chronicles will appear on the 360, right?.... right!?........ :(

Hope so, everyone deserves the chance to play it. :D

[rollingstart]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

might rebuy this

[Caelestis]

Finally! This will definitely be a day 1 purchase for me. I just hope they won't take as long as ES to port it.

[jiggle]

well it's about time
but yay

[Akai]

why? of course it'll be released in the west

Tell that to Tales of Symphonia PS2...

[Defuser]

When did this "Valkyria was originally for 360" mumbo jumbo start?

It's was on the developer's blog. They switch to the PS3 very early in it's development.

[Regulus Tera]

Wait, if "Team Symphonia" is working on this port, who is in charge of Tales of Wii? I probably missed the announcement in the last months, so bear with me please.

[Y2Kev]

SaGa 2: looks like it's 70% complete...

[grandjedi6]

It's entirely possible, but Sega hasn't shown much intention of publishing more stuff on the 360 so far, so I wouldn't hope for too much.

Get a ps3 :P Blame Sega for scraping the 360 version in the first place.

well that killed my optimism fast :/

When did this "Valkyria was originally for 360" mumbo jumbo start?

Yeah I never heard of it until Defuse just mentioned it but the interwebs says the developer blog mentioned it

If trusty bell did, then the far superior Vesperia will likely make it.

Yeah but its Scamco. I can totally see them skipping the port.... just like they skipped Symphonia's...

[mintylurb]

Daggerrrr~

[icecream]

Expected. Next up: SO4.

[Eteric Rice]

Wait, if "Team Symphonia" is working on this port, who is in charge of Tales of Wii? I probably missed the announcement in the last months, so bear with me please.

I don't think we know yet, unfortunately.

[Sage00]

When did this "Valkyria was originally for 360" mumbo jumbo start

Actually, I was involved in the early days of the game’s development … back before I quit to draw erotic manga … Originally, the game was planned for the Xbox 360, but then later changed for the PS3.

http://kotaku.com/377162/valkyrie-ch...witched-to-ps3

[mutsu]

YAY!!! REJOICE!!! TOV on PS3!!!

I don't have XBOX360 so this is good news for me.

[Xisiqomelir]

If trusty bell did, then the far superior Vesperia will likely make it.

Funny story about Trusty Bell, I was going to pick it up, but then I discovered the joy of:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=322225

And GAF saved me yet again!

[creamsugar]

TOV PS3 is fake:D

[farnham]

Yay, I get to play ToV!

europeans gently weep

[schuelma]

TOV PS3 is fake:D

oh this should be fun

[Hero of Legend]

TOV PS3 is fake:D

Huh? I saw the scan! What's up?

[rollingstart]

TOV PS3 is fake:D

oh snap

[Divvy]

Wait, why did the Vesperia scan get pulled from creamsugar's site?

EDIT: Oh I see.